The Belgrade Phantom
The Prelude: The year was 1979, in the cold dark hours of the Serbian winter nights, a white car whizzed past the slow moving Zastavas. The speed of the car sent chills down spines of fellow drivers and bystanders equally. The phantom appeared every night astonishing everybody equally, so much that people started gathering at the Slavija Square (Belgrade) just to watch the car. Nobody dared to find who was behind the Phantom, until a photographer captured the picture of the man at the wheel. The Phantom: The Phantom was a white Porsche 911, driven by a young man named Vlada Vasilijevic, also know as Vlasa Opel and the Human Key, since he could unlock any car in a matter of seconds. Another fact that needs to be noted is that Serbia in the 70s had cars like the Trabant and Zastava that barely crossed the 50mph speed limit and a Porsche on the streets of Belgrade was a rare sight in the Socialist state of Serbia. Vlada who used to be an expert in stealing cars used to steal ca...
